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MEC allows computational tasks to be offloaded to devices at the network edge, enabling real-time crowd sensing. However, due to the limited resources in MEC environments, it is essential to propose efficient service deployment and traffic management strategies that balance Quality of Service (QoS) with costs. This paper addresses the challenge by modeling the QoS-effective joint service deployment and traffic management problem (QST) as a nonlinear integer optimization problem. We propose a customized genetic algorithm called GA4QST, which aims to minimize cost-performance ratios. In the experimental section, GA4QST is compared with baseline algorithms in terms of efficiency and effectiveness. Although GA4QST exhibits slightly increased complexity compared to the original genetic algorithm, it performs exceptionally well in balancing benefits and average time costs. GA4QST demonstrates strong capabilities in finding optimal solutions, consistently outperforming baseline algorithms. This further confirms the effectiveness and potential applicability of GA4QST in real-world scenarios. Finally, we also explore the impact on optimization outcomes of system configurations such as service diversity, data volume, processing power, and network characteristics. The results indicate that GA4QST has broad applicability and represents a feasible solution for practical MEC applications.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym17050718","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,8]],"date-time":"2025-05-08T04:06:21Z","timestamp":1746677181000},"page":"718","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["QoS-Effective and Resilient Service Deployment and Traffic Management in MEC-Based Crowd Sensing"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1133-5722","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhengzhe","family":"Xiang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Computer and Computing Science, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou 310025, China"}]},{"given":"Fuli","family":"Ying","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Computer and Computing Science, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou 310025, China"}]},{"given":"Hao","family":"Yan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710126, China"}]},{"given":"Zengwei","family":"Zheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Computer and Computing Science, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou 310025, China"}]},{"given":"Yufei","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Art and Archeology, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou 310025, China"}]},{"given":"Yueshen","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710126, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"80543","DOI":"10.1109\/ACCESS.2023.3300658","article-title":"Opportunities, applications, and challenges of edge-AI enabled video analytics in smart cities: A systematic review","volume":"11","author":"Badidi","year":"2023","journal-title":"IEEE Access"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"11093","DOI":"10.1109\/JIOT.2023.3239944","article-title":"Edge computing on IoT for machine signal processing and fault diagnosis: A review","volume":"10","author":"Lu","year":"2023","journal-title":"IEEE Internet Things J."},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"619","DOI":"10.1109\/COMST.2023.3338015","article-title":"AI-empowered fog\/edge resource management for IoT applications: A comprehensive review, research challenges, and future perspectives","volume":"26","author":"Walia","year":"2023","journal-title":"IEEE Commun. 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